Something to watch -- or, um, listen to: PRX launches Radiotopia (http://radiotopia.fm), a podcast network that brings together some of the best independent digital audio producers. "Call it a network, a collective, a coterie of awesomeness, whatever." The goal: "develop new audience engagement and revenue strategies." The Knight Foundation provides $200,000 for liftoff, with Mailchimp kicking in as a launch sponsor, too.﻿

Reality check: A study I worked on for the past few months with Bill Adair and Prashanth Kamalakanthan of the Duke Reporters' Lab looked at the state of digital tools and data reporting in the news biz. The link here goes to a short summary. The full report is at http://goatmustbefed.com﻿

I'm very excited to announce that I've accepted a position at Pierre Omidyar's new journalism venture, First Look Media. I'm joining an incredible group of journalists, including Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Jeremy Scahill and Dan Froomkin, among many others. It's really a dream team of ...